Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-19
A THREE-F0LD MYSTERY.
ENIGMAS CONNECTED WITH SOME
SUDDEN DISCREPANCIES.

The Body of Fred wirth, of Chicago,
Found After His Wife Had Accepted
Another Corpse as That of Her Hus-
baud-Fred kuebler's Strange Com
mum cation and Its Result.
CHICAGO, April 18-The body of Frederick
Wirth, whose mysterious disappearance
about a month ago has been the subject of
police investigation, and for the alleged
murder of whom Jacob Kuebier was arrested
and confined for some time, was discovered
Monday morning in Jack knife Slip which
is immediately in the rear of Shoeneman's
packing house, where Wirth was employed.
While in the custody of the police Jacob
Kuebler talked wildly about Wirth having
been thrown into the river at the Red
bridge" on Archer avenue, and described the
spot where the corpse could be found The
police made search there, but instead Of
finding Wirth they brought to the surface
the body of Peter Hansen, an old man living
on Ashland avenue, who mysteriously disap-
peared from his home about a month ago.
No explanation of how Hansen came to his
death has been made.
A couple of weeks before the discovery of
Hansen's body the mutilated trunk of man
was found in the canal at Lorkport. 1t was
at once thought that this was Wrth's body,
and Mrs With went to Lockport for the
purpose of viewing it, She failed to identity
the body then, but last week went again to
Lockport and said that she thought the re-
mains were her husbands. They were buried
by her last Friday.
Shortly after o'clock Monday morning
Louis kendt, a foreman in C. A. Paltzer's
lumber yard, saw corpse floating on the
water and called the Deering street patrol
wagon. Lieut. Duffy OF the Twenty Ssconi
Street station was notified and he had the
body brought to his station, where it was
found to be that of Fred Wirth; this time
without a doubt He still wore the same
Clothes boots and cap he had on when he
disappeared. Officer Mack opened the
clothes over the breast, and there was scar
often spoken Of He had in his pocket a bill
for goods purchased at Turner's packing
house, the bill being male out in his name.
His watch was still ON his person aud had
stopped exactly at $40 o'clock. He was last
seen at Hermann kuebier's house, 29J7 Wal
lace street, about 100 O'Clock on the evening
of March l.
From the station the body was taken to
the residence, ON Archer avenue, for the pur-
pose of having Mrs. With identify it She
was not at home, and the police left thu
corpse across the street, " Schneideis under
taking establishment Half an hour later
on Mrs. Mirth viewed the body, with APP
parent deep emotion, ami fully identified it,
Her appearance was pitiah!e. The anxiety
she has endured for six weeks betwee n the
loss and probable murder OF her husband and
the appearance of the remains found at Lock
port have almost driven her insane Ii was
partly on account Of her sad coud ton that
the Lockport remains were exhuinei last
week and brought to this city to he buried.
How WIrth or Jansen OF the man whose
body WAS found at l.ockport came to their
deaths is still as much OF mystery as ever,
and the police do not say they have even a
clue